{"product_id":"the-folly-of-the-cross-richard-viladesau-9780190876005","title":"The Folly of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts in Early Modernity","description":"The \u003cem\u003eFolly of the Cross\u003c\/em\u003e is the fourth book in Richard Viladesau's series examining the aesthetics and theology of the cross through Christian history. Previous volumes have brought the story up through the Baroque era. This new book examines the reception of the message of the cross from the European Enlightenment to the turn of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe opening chapters set the stage in the transition from the Baroque to the Classical eras, describing the changing intellectual and cultural paradigms of the time. Viladesau examines the theology of the cross in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the aesthetic mediation of the cross in music and the visual arts. He shows how in the post-Enlightenment era the aesthetic treatment of the cross widely replaced the dogmatic treatment, and how this thought was translated into popular spirituality, piety, and devotion. \u003cem\u003eThe Folly of the Cross\u003c\/em\u003e shows how classical theology responded to the critiques of modern science, history, Biblical scholarship, and philosophy, and how both classical and modern theology served as the occasions for new forms of representation of Christ's passion in the arts and music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Viladesau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019087600X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190876005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019","brand":"Richard Viladesau","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119398646015,"sku":"9780190876005","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb3f0b44-9043-449f-9360-cbdeb29cbffb.jpg?v=1687409139","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-folly-of-the-cross-richard-viladesau-9780190876005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}